3 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-svn (not released yet):
4 -------------------------------------------------------
8 * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
9 If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
10 edit the ".hosts" file.
11 XXX: DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS HERE :XXX
12 * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
13 interface lacks a few features that used to be present in vlc 0.8.6:
14 - "Streaming wizard" and "VLM control". These features will be replaced
15 by a better alternative in the next version. If you absolutely need these
16 features, we advise you to keep vlc 0.8.6
17 - Similarly, "Bookmarks" will be reintroduced in an improved version at a
19 * The default for --sout-keep has changed. It's now activated by default.
20 * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
21 now require a target name as their first argument. Example:
22 vlc --sub-filter "marq@test{marquee=Hello}" -I rc <somevideo>
23 You can then use commands like: @test marq-marquee Goodbye
24 These new commands are also available in the telnet interface.
30 * Vastly improved playlist support:
31 * Media library support
33 * Shoutcast TV listings
34 * Audioscrobbler/last.fm support
35 * User definable Lua playlist scripts. See share/luaplaylist/README.txt
36 (Default scripts open YouTube, DailyMotion, metacafe and Google Video URLs)
39 * UDP-Lite protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
40 * DCCP protocol (requires OS support) for RTP/AVP
41 * Proxy support for MMSH stream
42 * JACK audio input support
45 * VP60/VP61/VP6F/VP62 support
46 * MKV USF subtitles support
47 * HTML based subtitles support
48 * Flash Screen Video support
49 * CamStudio Screen Video support
50 * DosBox Capture support
51 * Karl Morton's Video support
52 * limited atrac3 support
53 * New codec FOURCCs to support more specific files (Avid, FCP, Sony, Samsung, ...)
56 * Flash Screen Video support
58 Video output and filters:
59 * Adjust, Invert and Distort (now split into Wave, Ripple, Gradient and
60 Psychedelic) video filters can now be streamed
61 * New puzzle video output filter
62 * Rewrite motion detection video filter
63 * New extract video filter (extract Red, Green and Blue components from a
65 * New sharpen video filter (increase the contrast of adjacent pixels)
66 * New erase video filter (remove a logo from a video)
67 * Enhancements to subtitles' renderer to support bold, italics and some HTML
69 * Support for RGBA and I420 blending. This improves Mosaic CPU usage *a lot*.
70 * New transparency mask video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module).
71 * New bluescreen video filter (for use with the mosaic_bridge module). This
72 was previously part of the mosaic module.
73 * Fix random characters problem in RSS filter.
76 * UDP-Lite (requires OS support) for RTP/TS encapsulation
80 * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
82 * Improved user interaction
83 * Improved mouse gestures
85 * Allow only one running instance, using D-Bus interface (experimental).
86 * D-Bus Interface (experimental) implements the MPRIS
87 (Media Player Remote Interfacing specification), a common dbus control
88 interface for media players that intends to become an xdg standard when
92 * new BDA device driver plugin for DVB-C/S/T capture cards on Microsoft
99 Changes between 0.8.6b and 0.8.6c:
100 ----------------------------------
102 Various bugfixes, notably:
103 * Windows Vista compatibility
104 * Cropping in Direct3D
105 * Fullscreen change crash on Mac OS X
106 * RSS filter string overflow
108 * MKV demuxer crash (related to seeking)
110 CDDA / Vorbis / Theora / SAP plugins:
111 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0702)
114 * Fixed a problem with detecting embedded subtitles (GAB2 format) in AVI
117 * Updated FLAC API compatibility
120 * Support for new v4l2 encoder API
123 * New localisation: Arabic, Persian
126 Changes between 0.8.6a and 0.8.6b:
127 ----------------------------------
129 Various bugfixes, notably:
130 * Out-of-bound read in demuxers
131 * Demuxers crashes (incl. CVE-2007-0256)
132 * Mac OS X Interface crashes
133 * VP31 decoding on Windows platforms
134 * Direct3D Video Output modifications for Vista compatibility
135 * Correct behaviour for feeding streams to Icecast or Shoutcast servers
138 * Enhanced Flash Video support incl. VP61 and VP60
139 * Teletext subtitles (telx) support
142 * Rectified behaviour and improved usability
144 Mac OS X Interface & Port:
145 * Diverse usability improvements
146 * New wizard option to embed subtitles
147 * Screensaver/automatic sleep mode is enabled when a video is paused
148 * Improved Delete-Preferences-Script
151 Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.8.6a:
152 ---------------------------------
155 * Security updates (VideoLAN-SA-0701)
158 * Fullscreen controller improvements
161 Changes between 0.8.5 and 0.8.6:
162 --------------------------------
165 * Shoutcast TV listings support
168 * Support for RTSP authentication
169 * Support for adding subtitles on the fly
170 * Fixed MPEG-PS duration calculation
171 * ATSC support for DVB input
172 * Partial reading support for DVR-ms recordings
173 * Partial reading support for MXF and GXF fileformat
174 * Improved support for Flash Video files
177 * Native WMV9/VC-1 support
178 * WMA Speech support (through binary codecs)
179 * VP5/VP6 - Flash Video support (not VP61)
180 * The True Audio Lossless codec support
181 * Matroska WavPack support
182 * Improved H.264 support (interlaced, speed improvements etc but no PAFF)
183 * Fixed a problem with MPEG2 field pictures
184 * Fixed swapped colors on DVB subtitles
187 * Additional OpenGL effects (cylinder, torus, sphere, ...)
188 * Experimental Direct3D 9 video output (win32). Best served on Vista :)
189 * Improved libcaca support
193 * New hotkeys for crop and zoom
194 * Support for snapshots from the HTTP interface
196 * Systray support in skins
198 * Support for Apple Remote control
199 * Fullscreen controller panel (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
200 * New playmode buttons (artwork by Simon Damkjær Andersen)
201 * right/ctrl-click menu in video outputs
202 * Main Menu uses autohide when playing videos in fullscreen mode
204 * Notifications using notification-daemon
207 * Support for Unicode filenames (Windows NT and above)
209 - Please note that these versions of Windows are not officially supported
210 - Unicode support for Windows 9x/ME applications is available through the
211 Microsoft Layer for Unicode available from the following location:
212 http://www.microsoft.com.nsatc.net/globaldev/handson/dev/mslu_announce.mspx
213 Download the MSLU package (unicows) and extract the content into the folder
215 * Fixed IPv6 support on the client side
216 * Fixed disable screensaver (Direct3D and DirectX video output)
225 * Updates to the libvlc API
226 * Fixes for the mozilla and activeX plugins
229 Changes between 0.8.4a and 0.8.5
230 --------------------------------
233 * Statistics collection (bitrates, packets, connections, ...)
234 * Support for downloading updates
238 * Initial support for RTSP-over-HTTP (to allow NAT traversal)
239 * Linux DV (Digital Video - Firewire) input
240 * Improvements to the Audio CD input
241 - Separate playlist entries for the tracks
243 * Support for more DVB (satellite) encryption modules
244 * Improved subtitles encoding support
245 * Improved support for playing MP4 files from the Web
248 * Cook (Real audio) support
250 Playlist / Services discovery:
251 * XSPF playlist support
253 * Updated Shoutcast to use new listing
256 * New JACK audio output
260 - magnify: allows you to zoom on part of the image
261 - gradient and edge detection: "cartoon-like" effect
262 - bluescreen: overlay parts of a video transparently on another one
263 * Logo video filter: can now loop through multiple images
264 * RSS video filter: display feed images. Support for Atom feeds.
265 * Improvements to the subtitles rendering
268 * Initial support for throttling users on VOD streams
271 * System to inform the user and request information
272 - HTTP authentication
276 - VLM (VideoLAN Media Manager) control panel
277 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
278 - Drag & Drop support in the playlist
281 - Support for Winamp 2 skins
282 - Improved playlist handling
283 - Support for popup menus, animated bitmaps, equalizer, ...
285 - Embedded Video output
286 - new Go-To-Specific-Time feature
287 - Video cropping and aspect ratio changing while playing
288 - Improved media information panel (shows statistics, metadata, ...)
289 - support for processing multiple items with the wizard in a single run
290 - option to save selections in the wizard for a session (default enabled)
292 - New default interface pages for VLC and VLM (including a mosaic wizard)
293 - A bunch of new RPN functions
296 * MSN messenger "Now playing" support
299 * Mac-Intel compatibility
300 * Enhanced support of various audio output devices
301 * Growl "Now playing" support
304 * Ability to log to syslog
305 * Root wrapper to avoid running VLC as root
308 * New libvlc API (not finished yet)
310 * A bit more automatic testing
313 Changes between 0.8.4 and 0.8.4a:
314 ---------------------------------
317 * Fix a52 over spdif in alsa
318 * SPDIF output available again in the Mac OS X Audio menu.
321 * Add support for new BMP and Cook (RealAudio G2) decoders in ffmpeg
322 * Add support for some non-standard FOURCCs used for H.264/H.263
325 * Fix bug with some HE-AAC audio tracks
328 * HAL fixes, should now work with new API
329 * SAP, fix 20 second freeze on windows
335 - fixed encoding of H.264/H.263 content when using the wizard
338 Changes between 0.8.2 and 0.8.4:
339 --------------------------------
342 * Internal strings handling is now UTF-8 based
346 * Fixed problems with OpenGL output
347 * New --monitor-par (pixel aspect ratio) option
348 * Fixed display problems with HDTV-1080 format
351 * Improved DVB support for satellite bands other than Ku-band
352 * IPv6 and Extended passive mode support for FTP
353 * IPv6 Source Specific Multicast support
354 * GnomeVFS input module
355 * Support for RTP packet reordering
356 * Fixed syntax for FTP URLs
359 * Support for libSDL_image to import different image types
360 * Musepack decoder using libmpdec
361 * QDM2 audio support (needs ffmpeg from 19th Oct 2005 or later)
364 * UPnP service discovery (Linux only at the moment)
365 * Bonjour service discovery using avahi (Linux only)
371 * Fixes, enhancements and new options related to the Headphone Channel
372 Mixer and Dolby Surround
375 * New shout output module to forward streams to icecast servers
376 * Fixed several SAP and SDP announcement bugs
377 * Fixed MTU handling to avoid IP fragments
380 - new cone icon by Richard ¯iestad (Eurodata, retron.info)
382 - New streaming and transcoding wizard
383 - New extended controls panel
384 - New bookmarks window
385 - Fixed playlist sorting
386 - Fixed drag-and-drop inside the playlist
388 - Rename wxWindows interface in wxWidgets.
389 - All the --wxwin-* options are now --wx-*
390 - Support for RTP streaming in Stream Ouput dialog
391 - Now require wx2.6 with Unicode support
395 - New RPN functions to control VLC features (see play-howto)
396 - Facilities to correctly handle non-ASCII characters and spaces in
398 - Include macro to include other files
402 * Should now work outside IE as well
405 * New script to delete the preferences automatically
408 * Fixed bandwidth problems of HTTP streaming
409 * Fixed audio problems with DirectX audio output
412 The following languages were added:
417 The following languages were re-added:
421 Changes between 0.8.1 and 0.8.2:
422 --------------------------------
425 * Rewrite of the playlist
427 - Input preparsing (for meta-data)
428 - Grouping (by artist, ...) support
429 * Preferences improvements:
430 - New organization, designed to improve usability
431 - New configuration types (list of modules, ...)
433 * Core image manipulation support
434 * Client-side SSL/TLS support
435 * SSL Client certificates checking support (allows for secure VoD)
436 * Renamed --spu-channel to --sub-track
437 * Renamed --spumargin to --sub-margin
438 * Renamed --audio-channel to --audio-track
439 * Renamed --filter to --vout-filter
440 * filters, extra interfaces, visualizations and service discovery modules are
441 now separated by ':' instead of ','
442 * Access filter architecture
443 * Track selection based on preferred language (--sub-language and --audio-language)
444 * Zsh autocompletion for VLC's arguments
448 * Support for SOCKS proxy
449 * Support for Shoutcast Meta-data
450 * Support for (HE-)AAC raw-audio streams
451 * Support for images on a HTTP server that get refreshed on the server
452 * Better support for Kasenna streams
453 * RTSP UDP->TCP rollover support
454 * Massive Matroska improvements
455 * Support for XA and VOC audio files
457 * Samba (Windows shares) access module
458 * Improved CDDAX module (uses several playlist items)
459 * Fixes to Linux DVB support
460 * Fix the "negative subtitles delay" bug
461 * Support for FTP over IPv6
464 * Dirac decoder and encoder
465 * PNG decoder/encoder
466 * Improvements to DVB subtitles encoder
467 * Support for Apple Lossless Audio Codec
470 * New Record and Timeshift filters
473 * New type of modules, that add items to the playlist
474 * Brand new SAP module
475 * To enable SAP, you now need to use "-S sap" or add SAP in
476 the "Manage->Services Discovery" menu
477 ( IPv6 SAP is now enabled by default )
478 * Non-standard support for HTTP streams SAP announces removed
479 * HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) discovery
480 * DAAP (iTunes shares) support
484 * Support for 20/24 bits LPCM
487 * Video snapshot support (png or jpg)
488 * Image file video output (png)
489 * Motion detection filter (can trigger playlist actions)
490 * Improvements to wall video filter
491 * Support for font color and opacity
497 - Ability to load a configuration file on startup
498 - Seeking support in VoD streams
499 * Mosaic (picture-in-picture system)
503 - Redesigned playlist : add playlist, add directory, ...
504 - Improved preferences
505 - Improvements to the wizard
506 - DVD, VCD and Audio CD navigation buttons
508 - Redesigned playlist
509 - Improved preferences
511 - Support for multiple actions
514 - Support for the new playlist system
516 - Now uses new config settings. See doc/lirc/example.lirc
519 * Screensaver disabling fix
520 * DirectShow tuner configuration
521 * Support for no-decoration windows
524 * Many Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger related fixes
525 * The OpenGL video output is back
526 * A new audio module that should work more reliable for analog audio output in various configurations.
527 - Supports multichannel discrete analog output
528 - Digital audio output requires you to change a preference setting because it
529 is not yet available in the new module
530 - Please read the README.MacOSX.rtf file for more information.
533 * Support for single-buffered overlay
542 * Mozilla plugin for MacOS X is back (not yet distributed)
545 * Brand new Internet Explorer ActiveX plugin
548 The following languages were added:
554 Changes between 0.8.0 and 0.8.1:
555 --------------------------------
558 * Include TLS/SSL API (on plattforms where libgnutls is available)
559 * SSL support in the HTTP daemon (HTTP stream output and HTTP interface)
562 * Fixed win32 multichannel audio output support (which was broken in 0.8.0)
563 * Fixed DV and MPEG (WinTV PVR 250/350) support in the dshow input
564 * Fixed spurious taskbar item after switching to fullscreen
567 * A few more updates (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
570 * Portaudio audio output plugin improvements
573 * Proper subpictures scaling using the aspect-ratio info when available
576 * Fixed crash with ODML avi files
577 * Fixed autodetection of VCD/SVCD bin files
578 * Supports Kasenna VoD (MPEG2 only) and simulcast streaming
582 * Fixed aspect ratio and interlaced support in ffmpeg encoder module
584 * Support of playlist group announcement
587 Changes between 0.7.2 and 0.8.0:
588 --------------------------------
591 * Major work on libvlc. Changed/renamed/added functions
592 * Complete switch to the new input core (better seeking, multi-input, ...)
593 * New plugins cache to speed up launch time
594 * New --play-and-stop feature which stops the playlist after each played item
595 * Daemon mode (to run vlc in the background)
596 * Major improvements to the subtitle/OSD subsystem
599 * New screen capture input plugin for X11, Win32, BeOS and Mac OS X
600 (Stream your desktop)
601 * Improved DVD support:
602 - uses libdvdnav for playing DVDs with menus support
603 - uses libdvdread for simple playback with menus (eg. for streaming)
604 * Experimental multi-input support ( use --input-slave to play with it )
605 * Automatic MTU discovery for UDP streams
606 * More powerful MRL syntax for DVD/VCD/CDDA access
607 (selection of titles/chapters).
610 * Support for iTunes Music Store previews
611 * Support for MJPEG webcams (i.e. AXIS cams)
612 * Added initial mp4 and mpeg-ts text track support
613 * Windows Media Server RTSP support
614 * Support for MPEG TS streams with error correction (204/192 bytes TS packets)
615 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
616 * Skins2 .vlt file loader (only when skins2 is the current interface)
617 * Improved Ogg demuxer
618 * Support for MPEG PS streams with MPEG 4 video.
619 * Support for so called AACPlus webstreams
622 * G.726 audio support
623 * 14496-17 MPEG TS text support
624 * MPEG-4 text support
625 * Vastly improved DVB subtitles decoder (ETS 300 743)
626 * Enabled color in DVB subtitles rendering
627 * VobSub supported both externally and in Matroska
631 * Re-use audio/video/spu decoders in transcoder module. From now on,
632 everything that is playable by VLC should be transcodable as well
633 * Subtitles overlaying in transcoder
634 * Subpictures overlaying in transcoder (see video output)
635 * Frame rate selection in the transcoder
636 * DVB subtitles encoder
637 * MPEG 1 layer 2 audio encoder using libtoolame
638 * Improved vorbis/theora encoding
640 * Text track muxing for mp4
641 * Multipart mjpeg muxing. Your video is directly viewable in a Mozilla Browser
642 * 14496-17 text track muxing for MPEG TS
643 * Support for DTS audio in MPEG TS (ETSI TS 102 154 Annex G)
644 * Teletext (0x56 descriptor) streaming support in MPEG TS.
645 * New WAV muxer (supports multi-channel audio)
648 * H.263 RTP streaming support
649 * SDP generation outputs more compliant SDPs and can create SDP files now
650 * Improved RTSP and VoD server (experimental)
653 * New audio equalizer filter
654 * Very trivial volume normalizer
655 * True channel downmixing when playing 5:1 material on Stereo
656 * More gradual resampling which should improve the pitch changing effect
657 * New audio output plugin using portaudio v19
660 * Roku HD1000 Video output
661 * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
662 with support for effects.
663 * Improved filter and subpictures support :
664 - New filters can be streamed.
665 - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video
666 - Centralized scaling and blending
668 - "time", to display current time
669 - "marq", to display a marquee
672 * OSD sliders for volume and postition information
673 * OSD icons for Play and Pause
674 * New Streaming Wizard for Windows and Linux default interfaces (wxWindows)
675 * A few skins2 improvements
676 * Added search, volume, loop and random functions to the ncurses interface
677 * Added a filesystem browser to the ncurses interface
678 * The remote control interface can now listen for commands on sockets
679 * Improved CORBA control module
682 * Fixed the "cannot set buffersize:[nope]" coreaudio problem
683 * Major speed improvements to the Quartz video output
684 * The Mac OS X interface is no longer required to display video
687 * New galaktos visualization plugin (MilkDrop-compatible)
688 * Experimental SVG rendering module
689 * Support for DVB CAM modules.
692 * DirectX Media Object decoder (allows playing some media types, like WMV3)
693 * DirectX Media Object audio and video encoder
694 * Fixed long standing win32 thread handles leak
695 * Fixed problem with CPU usage with subtitles rendering
696 * Wallpaper mode for the DirectX video output (only in overlay mode)
699 * Massive update (we still miss an interface and a fast video output).
702 * Added a lot of Javascript accessible funtionality
703 * Volume, position, length, seek etc etc etc.
706 * Server/client network synchronization module
707 * VBrick streams fully supported
708 * Cisco IP/TV streams supported
712 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.2:
713 --------------------------------
716 * Bookmarks feature for easier seeking/access inside medias.
717 * Support for video output embedded in interfaces.
718 * Improved HTTP daemon.
719 * Saved playlists now remember VLC-specific options.
722 * New Continuous Media Markup Language (CMML) codec.
723 (http://www.annodex.net/overview.html)
724 * New H.261 video decoder using openmash.
725 * H264 encoder, demuxer and packetizer.
726 * Packetizer interfaces between demux and codec when needed
727 (allows using ffmpeg plugin to decode MPEG streams and better aac decoding).
728 * Support for Theora alpha3 (both decoding and encoding).
731 * --start-time <sec> and --stop-time <sec> to start and stop playing a
732 file at the specified amount of seconds. Only works with a few
733 fileformats (avi, mov, mkv, mp4 )
734 * Improved directory access module.
735 * New "file-cat" option to play truncated movies.
736 * Better handling of meta info (title, author, description, etc...).
737 * New options to pass meta info to the input.
738 * It is now possible to stream programs from a DVB-S/C/T stream
739 (satellite, cable, or digital terestrial television)
742 * Annodex (http://www.annodex.net) support.
743 * mmsh streaming fixes.
744 * Fixed infinite loop in the AVI demux on broken/incomplete files.
747 * Subviewer and subviewer v2 subtitles support.
748 * Ability to choose autodetected subtitles path.
749 * Subtitles delay can be changed in real time with hotkeys.
752 * Improved session announcement system.
753 * Minimize threads usage by default.
754 * Added faster than realtime stream output (limited by CPU) for file output.
755 * Improved MOV/MP4 muxer.
756 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
757 * Improved transrater.
758 * Meta info options used by the muxers.
759 * New configuration system.
760 * Better audio channels downmixing when transcoding.
763 * New videolan (media) manager (vlm): a little manager designed to launch
764 and manage multiple streams from within one instance of VLC.
765 * Supports live streams and VoD.
766 * Supports scheduling.
767 * Telnet interface for vlm.
768 * HTTP interface for vlm.
771 * Skins II (Windows and Linux only)
772 - Ability to embed video output.
773 - Support for bitmap fonts.
774 - Lots of improvements.
775 * wxWindows (default Windows and Linux interface)
776 - New design and set of icons.
777 - Ability to embed video output.
778 - Support for hotkeys.
779 - Support for bookmarks.
781 - Support for 'groups' and playlist item properties.
782 - Better hotkeys handling.
785 * OpenGL video output is now the default when available.
786 * Added FAAC encoder (mp4a).
787 * Audio output fix to work with multiple streams on a HAL device.
788 * Possible fix for conflict with CodeTek VirtualDesktop (untested).
791 * DirectShow input plugin should work with more devices.
792 * Disable monitor power down when watching movies.
793 * Improved Windows installer.
799 * Improvements to the Goom visualisation plugin.
800 * Roku HD1000 audio output.
803 Changes between 0.7.1 and 0.7.1a:
804 ---------------------------------
807 * Fixed the infamous 'mp3 takes twice the CPU it should take' bug
808 * Playing MOD files is working now.
811 Changes between 0.7.0 and 0.7.1:
812 --------------------------------
815 * Fixed a nasty bug that causes preferences not to be saved some times.
816 * IGMPv3 support for VLC under Windows XP and Linux.
819 * Brand new DTS Coherent Acoustics audio decoder based on libdts
820 (http://www.videolan.org/dtsdec.html)
821 * Fixed DTS S/PDIF output
822 * SVCD (Philips OGT) and CVD subtitles
825 * Internal improvments
826 * Improved import/export
829 * Experimental support for Nullsoft streaming video(.nsv) and real media(.rm)
831 * New demux module that uses libavformat from ffmpeg. Adds support for many
832 small and strange formats.
834 * New MOD audio demux.
835 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 wav files.
836 * Support for DTS and A52/AC3 audio CD.
837 * New and experimental DVD input plugin with menus support (using libdvdnav).
838 * Added back DV audio support in raw DV demuxer.
841 * MP4/MOV muxer improvements (fast-start, aac in mov, etc...).
842 * Fixed a nasty bug in the mpeg video packetizer.
843 * Improved transcoding (multithreading, more tuning, etc...).
849 * New opengl video output plugin.
852 * A few improvements to the DirectShow input plugin.
853 * Fixed ipv6 name resolution.
856 Changes between 0.6.2 and 0.7.0:
857 --------------------------------
860 * Brand new decoder/packetizer api.
861 Adds a lot more flexibility while also simplifying the decoder plugins.
862 * New encoder api (Ffmpeg, Vorbis, Theora, Flac and Speex encoders available).
863 * Video outputs are recycled if possible.
864 This removes any 'flicker' between two similiar video files.
865 * Fixed the video filters. Video should no longer go black when using filters.
866 * New input core. Advantages are: better seeking, more responsive, support for
867 subtitle files at the core, and much much more.
870 * Added a repeat mode to repeat a single file over and over.
875 * Fixed annoying seeking problem with Ogg files (seeking would take ages).
876 * Support for Flac in Ogg files.
877 * MPEG TS demuxer also handles A52 and AAC audio in DVB streams.
878 * Rewrite of the Flac demuxer.
879 * cddax and vcdx plugins using libcdio, libvcd and libvcdinfo. (Linux only)
880 * Reworked DVB tuning.
881 * Better Icecast support.
882 * New MPEG video elementary streams demuxer.
883 * New DTS audio elementary streams demuxer.
886 * Support for Theora video encoding.
887 * Support for Speex audio decoding/encoding.
888 * Rewrite of the Flac decoder + encoding support.
889 * Support for MPEG2 422 decoding which was recently added to libmpeg2 (cvs).
890 * Support for AAC + SBR and proper multi-channel re-ordering.
891 * MPEG 2.5 audio support.
892 * Removed deprecated decoders (a52_old, mpeg_video and mpeg_audio).
895 * Improvements to the MPEG TS muxer.
896 * New transrating module for MPEG2 video.
897 * Added packetization for MPEG AAC ADTS streams.
898 * Added packetizers for Flac, Speex, Theora, LPCM, DTS and SPU streams.
899 * Improved mp4 muxing and added AAC/MP4V support when transcoding.
900 * Improved Ogg muxing and added Theora, Speex, Flac and subtitles support.
901 * MPEG TS muxer follows the ATSC/DVB specs for embedded A52 audio.
902 * --sout-keep option to keep the stream open while changing input.
903 * Preliminary RTP support.
904 * Fixes to SAP announces.
909 - misc improvements (eg, "stay on top" option).
910 * New standardized and customizable hotkeys.
912 - Playlist improvements (Sort, Search, mode buttons).
913 - Improvements and help in preferences
914 - New streaming wizard
915 - Revised Disc Open menu
917 - Improvements of the standard pages
918 - Support for new commands
919 * OSD ( OS X and hotkeys only atm ).
922 * Many fixes to the SAP module
923 * SAP now supports HTTP streams
926 * Text subtitles now have a black outline.
927 * Text subtitles autodetection.
928 * Text subtitles charset autodetection.
929 * Text subtitles for all videofiles. Results may vary.
930 * Text subtitles in Hebrew are supported. Arabic partially.
931 * Automatic fontsize selection for text subtitles.
932 * Fixed SAMI text subtitles support.
933 * Support for subtitles in Matroska files.
934 * Support for subtitles in DVB streams.
937 * New controller designed by Max Rudberg from www.maxthemes.com
939 * Works on 10.1.x again. Apologies for that problem.
940 * Support for Panther.
941 * Support for raw dumping of streams to disk.
942 * Mozilla plugin for Mac OS X (experimental).
945 * New DirectShow input module (for video acquisition cards, webcams, PVRs...).
946 * VLC can be installed as a Windows NT service.
947 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
948 * Support for 3F2R in audio output.
949 * New --one-instance option to "force" only one running instance of VLC.
950 * Mozilla plugin for Windows (experimental).
951 * Multimonitor support (untested).
952 * Fixed nasty timing bug on some dual-cpu / P4 with hyperthreading systems.
955 * Improved Video4Linux input. Also added support for an audio only input.
956 * Support for real-time priority when running with root privileges.
957 * Allow on the fly switching of the main interface.
960 * Brand new Gtk 2 interface
963 * Audio visual effects filters (spectrum, scope and random).
964 * Audio visual effects filter using goom.
965 * Spanish, Portuguese Brazilian and Hungarian translations.
966 * libcaca video output (colored ascii)
969 Changes between 0.6.1 and 0.6.2:
970 --------------------------------
973 * Fixed a nasty regression in 0.6.1 which made some streams unplayable.
976 * Transcoder now generates proper pts/dts thus should work a lot better.
977 * Improved MPEG TS muxer.
980 * Support for DVB-S/C/T cards using v4l2 API for Linux 2.6.x kernels.
981 * Few fixes to the VCD navigation.
984 * Support for DVD menus navigation added to the wxWindows interface.
987 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
988 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
991 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
994 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
997 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
998 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1002 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1003 --------------------------------
1006 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1007 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1011 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1012 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1013 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1015 * ALSA multi-channel support fixed and tested.
1016 * Fixed fullscreen with gnome metacity.
1019 * Fixed VCD support which was broken on some machines.
1022 * Familiar interface with Gtk+-1.2 and GPE support removed (deprecreated).
1025 * Text subtitles now centered on the picture.
1026 * Ffmpeg decoder now generates proper pts and can be used to play
1030 Changes between 0.6.0 and 0.6.1:
1031 --------------------------------
1034 * There should be less bogus resampling, particularly on DVDs.
1035 * VLC will now wait for the medium to wake up before starting its clock
1039 * Added vorbis audio support in Ogg streaming.
1040 * Added vorbis audio transcoding support.
1041 * Added mp3 audio transcoding support (when ffmpeg is compiled with mp3lame).
1042 * PS muxer can create mpeg1 files now and produce streams with system headers.
1043 * You can transcode a52 with more than two channels to mpga now.
1046 * Fixed DVD support which was partly broken due to a bug in libdvdcss
1047 * Fixed 5.1 audio support for the sblive/audigy soundcards.
1048 * Fixed sound on Windows NT.
1051 * Fixed/improved ALSA support and enabled multi-channel audio output.
1052 * X11/Xvideo: Should now work on big endian machines, and you can now
1053 use the arrow keys to browse through the DVD menus.
1056 * Gtk+2 interface called PDA
1057 * Familiar Gtk+ is now deprecreated
1058 * Codec a52, Faad2 and flac added
1059 * Video4Linux enabled (demux and transcode)
1060 * Stream Out with transcode support enabled (use codecs: HuffYuvv and A-law).
1063 * Small updates/fixes to the wxWindows interface.
1064 * Improved HTTP remote control interface. You can now create your own HTML pages.
1065 * A new CORBA control plugin.
1068 * Improved support for the Matroska container format.
1071 * Improved build system.
1072 * New video filter plugin to overlay logos.
1073 * Added support for Winamp 3 B4S files.
1074 * New subtitle module which uses freetype2 to render arbitrary fonts in any size.
1075 Should also work with languages like russion for instance.
1078 Changes between 0.5.3 and 0.6.0:
1079 --------------------------------
1082 * Channel Server support was removed (was deprecated)
1085 * Fixed a big bug in ftp and http access that prevented many platforms (OSX most prominently) to view ftp and http streams.
1086 * Fixed large file support on Windows
1087 * Video 4 Linux support
1088 * CD Digital Audio support
1089 * Fixed IPv6 multicasting on Windows and OSX.
1092 * Better detection of AAC and mp3 files
1093 * Support for OpenDML avi files
1094 * More complete .mp4/.mov support
1095 * Very early support for the Matroska container format (don't complain if it doesn't work ;)
1098 * VLC's own MPEG1/2 decoder has been replaced with libmpeg2
1099 * Support for Sorenson 3 (SVQ3 or Quicktime content) via ffmpeg
1100 * OSX support for QDM2 and QDMC sound, often used in QT content.
1101 * Fixed a bug which was causing artefacts in DivX video (ffmpeg)
1102 * Updated our theora decoder to use the alpha 2 release of libtheora
1103 * If ffmpeg cannot keep up, skip and try to recover instead of stopping altogether
1104 * Indeo Video 3 (IV32) support for little-endian computers. (so not for OSX)
1107 * The wxWindows interface is now fully useable as well as Unicode safe
1108 * New HTTP remote control interface
1111 * New stream output scheme. It is now possible to build a chain of stream outputs allowing for instance to stream and display some content at the same time.
1112 * The stream output now allows to transcode content on the fly.
1113 * Fixed major bug that prevented streaming mpeg 1/2 video with pulldown content.
1114 * SAP/SDP announcing support. (both IPv4 and IPv6)
1117 * New reset option for the preferences
1118 * You can set your language in the prefences
1119 * New video chroma conversion module using ffmpeg
1120 * Added a Gentoo ebuild to the distribution
1121 * Added a new smaller subtitles font (now the default) + scripts to generate your own
1122 * SAP/SDP IPv6 support
1125 * Basic support for the X11 Xinerama extension.
1126 * New skinable interface ported to X11.
1127 * Run opie-vlc and zaurus-vlc as GuiServer
1130 * When you add several items to the playlist, they are sorted alphabetically.
1131 * New about panel and revamped preferences panel.
1132 * Fixed the deinterlace menu.
1133 * Float on top, Fit to Screen and a Transparency option for video out.
1134 * New output dialog for transcode and display while stream capabilities.
1135 * New icons by Davor Orel.
1136 * New audio resampler. Should make VLC much faster.
1137 * Fixed disappearing and crackling sound (PTS is out of range bug)
1138 * We no longer automatically save the preferences when you quit the application
1139 * Arrow keys are now use to browse the menus in a DVD
1142 * the wxWindows interface is now the default interface
1143 * The keyboard shortcuts are now identical to the linux version
1144 * Fixed the "no sound" problem on NT4
1145 * Improved skinnable interface (it now uses the wxWindows interface dialogs).
1146 * Added support for compressed skins files (.vlt files)
1147 * Fixed SVCD chapters support.
1148 * Fixed memory leak with 5.1 audio.
1151 * Interface localization
1152 * Screensaver disabled if playing in fullscreen
1153 * A few new keyboard shortcuts
1154 * New full-featured Preferences window
1157 Changes between 0.5.2 and 0.5.3:
1158 --------------------------------
1161 * fixed DTS S/PDIF output on little-endian machines
1162 * support for skins at the interface level
1163 * new OSD module using Freetype2
1164 * video outputs are now destroyed when the associated input ends
1165 * the video output takes into account the caching delay introduced at the
1166 input level before dropping out of date frames.
1167 * configuration option to disable the translation of the interface
1170 * fixed HTTP redirects
1171 * support for opening an entire directory
1172 * EOF should be detected more reliably
1173 * new video4linux access plug-in
1174 * new kfir access plug-in designed to work around a bug in the kfir driver
1177 * added stream type for some Motorola MPEG-2 video encoders
1178 * fix for some ogg web radio streams
1179 * fixed reading TS streams over HTTP
1182 * support for 3ivx D4 (not previous versions)
1183 * support for '3ivd' and '3vid' encodings
1184 * support for 'MSS1' codec ( same as WMV2 )
1185 * support for SAMI subtitles (untested and incomplete)
1186 * better SSA4 subtitles recognition
1187 * new codec for raw I420 video
1188 * improvements to the libmpeg2-based MPEG video decoder
1191 * improvements to wxWindows based interface
1192 (although it still misses some important features)
1193 * skeleton for a Gnome2/GTK2 plug-in
1196 * new HTTP output support
1197 * fixed a segfault in the AVI muxer
1198 * fixed AV synchronization issues
1201 * support for oldstyle id3 genres
1204 * the SDL vout plug-in will now work on big-endian machines
1207 * reorderable playlist
1208 * fixed the hiding of the mouse on multiple monitors
1209 * fixed a big issue with some USB speakers
1210 * support for mono audio output devices
1211 * reset the audio-device to its default mode before quitting VLC
1212 * fixed several cosmetic issues
1213 * you can drag the controller window by its background (as it should be)
1214 * the messages window remembers more lines
1215 * delay and fps can now be overruled with subtitles files
1216 * http and ogg stream output options
1217 * Apple menu and friends will now be translated as well
1220 * new skinnable interface
1221 * the directx video output doesn't crash anymore on ctrl+alt+del events.
1223 iPAQ familiar Linux port:
1224 * support for FLAC audio format
1225 * the interface adapts to the screen size/rotation
1227 * network tab in the interface
1228 * "apply" handling in preferences
1231 Changes between 0.5.1a and 0.5.2:
1232 ---------------------------------
1235 * advanced config options are now hidden by default
1236 * new --spdif option to use the S/PDIF audio output by default
1237 * fixed a 'clicking' sound when switching between streams
1238 * new bandlimited resampler that should improve audio quality on primarily
1240 * fixed a problem with audio over http that caused some web radios to not work
1241 * DTS S/PDIF support
1244 * support for DV audio through the ffmpeg library
1245 * support for FLAC audio through libflac
1246 * new but basic MPEG video decoder based on libmpeg2
1247 * fixed a major bug in LPCM code (fixes a problem with iDVD disks)
1250 * support for streaming DivX 1/2/3, wmv1/2, h/i263 over MPEG-2 TS
1251 * new --ttl option for Time To Live
1254 * fixed quite a few problems with the dvd menu support
1257 * fixed the GNU-pth support
1260 * multi-channel audio and S/PDIF support for both the DirectX and Waveout
1262 * localization support via gettext is now fully working
1263 * rc interface is now fully useable
1264 * fixed the MSVC project files generation
1267 * several fixes for multi channel audio devices. AC3 over SPDIF with
1268 M-Audio Sonica Theater still does not work. this is most likely a driver
1269 bug and has been reported to M-Audio. (Sonica, Revolution, Delta, Griffin
1270 iMate and MOTU firewire devices should work)
1271 * VLC now uses the default audio device
1273 * very preliminary support for VLC control via applescript
1274 * support for mouse gestures
1275 * new priority scheme allowing to avoid lock-ups on low-end machines
1278 * there is a whole new port for the linupy distribution used by o.a. the
1279 YOPY PDA. It is still experimental, please test it
1282 * improved ID3 tag detection
1283 * changed several errors into warnings ; the frequently reported "this is
1284 not a PS stream, continuing" is one of these
1285 * mouse gestures work on windows and osx, but there still isn't any useful
1287 * some support for .pls playlists used by shoutcast
1290 Changes between 0.5.1 and 0.5.1a:
1291 ---------------------------------
1294 * fixed a problem that caused VLC to select the wrong language when
1295 English was set as the preferred language
1298 Changes between 0.5.0 and 0.5.1:
1299 --------------------------------
1302 * new mouse gesture interface
1303 * audio volume can now be changed at any time, even when no file is
1307 * various minor fixes on the network inputs
1308 * fixed some weird URL parsing problems (/Volumes/toto:tata/harry@coin.mpg)
1309 * VCD: fixed track number and chapter indexing
1312 * fixed a bad initialization in the mp4 plug-in
1313 * new --buggy-psi option for TS streams which do not update their
1317 * support for MPEG-2 intra slice refresh (aka. Slice-I) streams
1320 * fixed a bug which turned the default interface command-line only
1321 without the user consent
1324 * GTK: fixed a crash when going fullscreen or changing volume from the
1326 * X11: new screen saver disabling plug-in (--extraintf screensaver)
1327 * KDE: fixed compilation with KDE 3.1
1328 * ALSA: fixed mono files output
1331 * fixed a crash on start-up on some localized systems
1332 * lowered real-time priorities to avoid lock-ups on slow machines
1333 * VLC can now be made the handler of ftp http mms and udp URLs
1334 * playlist enhancements
1335 * added half, normal and double video window menu items
1336 * new step forward/step backward commands
1337 * the dock should no longer be visible in fullscreen mode
1338 * the Mac OS X binary is now compiled with Ogg/Theora support
1339 * vlc.app is now VLC.app
1342 * fixed the "RichEdit line insertion error" bug
1343 * VLC can now be run from outside its installation directory
1344 * fixed a bug that prevented to find the default subtitle font
1347 * smarter BeOS priorities to avoid lock-ups
1348 * few enhancements in the interface (especially the Settings window)
1351 * native video output is working again
1352 * only commandline interface support
1353 * support for MPEG4, DivX through ffmpeg package
1356 Changes between 0.4.6 and 0.5.0:
1357 --------------------------------
1360 * object structure which allows for full re-entrancy, known as libvlc
1361 * new audio output architecture based on filter pipelines, providing
1362 S/PDIF and multi-channel support
1363 * localization support via gettext on most architectures
1364 * new stream output architecture, allowing to use VLC to unicast,
1365 multicast or broadcast a stream to another VLC (only MPEG 1, 2 and 4
1366 and A/52 streams are supported)
1367 * build system now uses autoconf/automake/autopoint
1372 * stability fixes in the HTTP access
1373 * auto-detection of RTP encapsulation
1374 * VCD entry points support
1375 * VCD image file support
1378 * support for *.asf format
1379 * improved support for *.avi, especially over an HTTP connection
1380 * support for *.mp4 and *.mov format
1381 * support for ogg encapsulation
1382 * support for raw DV format
1383 * support for *.wav format
1384 * new demuxdump demux allowing to save a stream to a file
1387 Stream discovery & playlists:
1388 * support for the SAP/SDP and SLP protocols
1389 * support for .m3u file format
1390 * support for .asx file format
1391 * hack to find the streaming sources in html-pages with embedded wmp
1394 * support for the microdvd, subrip, ssa1, ssa2-4 subtitles file formats
1395 (only available with the .avi demux)
1396 * support for ADPCM audio codec
1397 * support for raw PCM data
1398 * support for Cinepak video codec
1399 * support for DV video codec via libdv or ffmpeg
1400 * support for AAC audio codec via libfaad2
1401 * support for Xvid codec
1402 * support for Xiph.org's Vorbis audio codec
1403 * support for Xiph.org's Tremor audio codec (when compiling from sources)
1404 * support for Xiph.org's Tarkin and Theora video codecs (when compiling
1406 * new codecs supported by latest ffmpeg versions: WMV, WMA, SVQ 1, H263,
1408 * fixed an endianness bug in LPCM codec
1411 * experimental preliminary support for DVD menus via libdvdplay
1414 * new WxWindows interface
1415 * all interfaces allow to dynamically change the volume, the audio
1416 device and the channels configuration
1417 * headphone channel mixer with virtual spatialization effect
1418 * Mozilla plugin based on libvlc for embedded playback in webpages of any
1419 format that VLC can play
1420 * new swedish translation
1421 * enhancements of the playlist window
1422 * new messages window to see debug info
1423 * fixed a few crashes
1426 * slider bar in GTK+/GPE Familiar interface
1427 * fixed crash on directory change in Familiar interface
1428 * added qte_main module for use in all modules that need Opie or Qte support
1429 * native video output module for Qt Embedded/Opie is not working